The student is capable of editing, retouching and optimizing images and graphic media. The student understands the differences between image formats and knows the requirements and technical details regarding different publishing platforms and pipelines. The student understands the workflow of digital image processing and retouching.

The theory and techniques of digital image editing and optimizing
The theory and techniques of digital image retouching
Getting familiar with the application software (Adobe Creative Suite)
Professional digital image processing and retouching workflow.

Basics of information and communication techniques.
Basics of web multimedia and graphics

Excellent (5): The student masters the terminology and knows how to use it while working. The student is capable to produce professional work with optimizing and retouching different images. The body of work as well as workflow is technically solid.
Good (3-4): The student masters the terminology and knows how to use it while working. The student is capable to optimize and retouch different images. The body of work as well as workflow is solid but there might be some minor issues.
Fair (1-2): The student understands the terminology and is capable to work on the course. The student is capable to optimize and retouch different images according to the given instructions.